QUALCOMM Licenses Microsoft's Windows Media Streaming Codec

QUALCOMM has licensed Microsoft Windows Media technology and will integrate the Windows Media Audio and Video codecs into QUALCOMM's Qtv video decoder solution. Handset manufacturers will be able to leverage this capability to offer consumers access to Windows Media content. Support for this Windows streaming capability will be available starting in Q1 2005 beginning with QUALCOMM's MSM6250, MSM6500 and MSM6550 Mobile Station Modem wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO chipset solutions.



"The goal of this agreement between Microsoft and QUALCOMM is that high-quality video on mobile phones will soon provide the streaming video experience consumers get with their high-speed wired connections at home," said John Stratton, vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. http://www.qualcomm.comhttp://www.microsoft.com